MSOE-105 EM 2026 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

Description

Indira Gandhi National Open University
Core Course in M.A. Sociology
MSOE-105: Introduction to Urban Sociology
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)

Programme Code: MASO
Course Code: MSOE-105
Assignment Code: MSO-101/AST/TMA/2026

Maximum Marks: 100
Weightage: 30%

Answer any five questions in about 500 words each.
Marks

1. What is urban sociology? Discuss its subject matter. 20

2. Discuss the concept of ‘urban’. Define urban in the Indian context with
special reference to the Indian Census.

3. Examine the various bases of defining a city. What can be a more suitable
way to define a city?

4. Discuss the rural–urban continuum approach to the study of urban
phenomena. What are its major critiques?

5. Explain the ecological perspective in urban sociology. What are the major
critiques of this perspective?

6. Discuss exploitative model of understanding the structure of cities. How it
different from other models explaining structure of cities?

7. Explain the concept and technique of social area analysis for understanding
the social characteristics of urban areas. What are its major limitations?

8. Describe different parts of the colonial city of Kolkata and their social
significance during the colonial period.

9. Analyse the recent trends and patterns of urbanisation in India. 20

10. Discuss the development of urban sociology in India.